1. execution-style - Adjective
2. execution-style - Adverb
execution-style (not comparable)
(idiomatic, of a murder) Resembling an execution; with the victim aware, but unable to defend themselves or resist.
execution-style (not comparable)
(idiomatic, of murdering) In a manner resembling that of an execution.
DeMain said he was told the motive for the execution-style murder of the AIM activist Anna Mae Aquash in December 1975 "allegedly was her knowledge that Leonard Peltier had shot the two agents, as he was convicted." Source: Internet
Durst, 76, has pleaded not guilty to charges he shot Susan Berman execution-style in the back of the head in December 2000. Source: Internet
“The goal of this exercise was to execute a short notice, agile combat execution-style deployment and generation,” said Maj. Brannan Studley, 35th Fighter Wing director of wing inspections. Source: Internet
He was killed execution-style at point-blank range while his colleagues were allowed to escape. Source: Internet
Two eyewitness accounts supported the claims of an execution-style murder. Source: Internet